Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES VAM081630
HIRAM FORK MINE, Wolford, VA: NPDES VAM081630 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 6Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
HIRAM FORK MINE, held by THE BLACK DIAMOND COMPANY, holds NPDES permit VAM081630. EPA’s file records it issued March 4, 2019 and expiring February 25, 2023. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (October 14, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.
Identity
| Facility as filed | HIRAM FORK MINE |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | THE BLACK DIAMOND COMPANY |
| NPDES ID | VAM081630 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | March 4, 2019 |
| Expiration date | February 25, 2023 |
| Issuing agency | VA DMME |
| Address | Wolford, VA |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Right Fork-Knox Creek (HUC 050702010304) |
| SIC | 1222 – Bituminous Coal - Underground |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 7Pollutants on file
- 6Under a numeric limit
- 1With a violation of any kind
- 0With an effluent exceedance
An effluent exceedance is a discharge monitoring report value over the permit’s numeric limit (EPA’s violation code E90). A violation of any kind also counts a report not filed. Each row is EPA’s own count for that pollutant.
| Pollutant or measure | Limits | Violations, any kind | Effluent exceedances | Latest exceedance | Largest exceedance, as filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aluminum, total [as Al] | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Manganese, total [as Mn] | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved [TDS] | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 0 | 0 |
EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES VAM081630.
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES limits and effluent violations files (ECHO download); up to 60 rows shown, most exceedances first.
Inspections, violations and enforcement
- 0Single-event violations
EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES VAM081630.
Velarion’s copy of EPA’s ICIS-NPDES files does not include the inspections, formal enforcement actions and informal enforcement actions files, so this page shows none of them. EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO lists this permit’s inspections, enforcement actions and penalties.
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES violation, inspection and enforcement files (ECHO download); up to 50 rows of each shown, newest first.
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Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded October 14, 2026.